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Fleet Timeline

Hong Kong
From 23 FEB 1979
To 26 FEB 1979
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by Brad Williamson

Following a couple weeks in Subic Bay, we departed for Hong Kong and actually made it. Unfortunately, the wives were long gone back to San Diego. We had a good visit with only a couple challenges. In Hong Kong, it is required that the nuclear submarine anchor out so the choice is to remain critical which means most of the engineering department must stay aboard to operate the reactor, or we shutdown the reactor and sustain the ship on the emergency diesel engine which cannot provide all of the power that the ship would normally require which means the ship is hot, meals are cold, and the battery is slowly discharged. When in this mode, the reactor is restarted each day and the battery recharged. This is done when one duty section has returned from liberty before the off duty section departs on liberty. The process is a bit stressful for the engineer and captain, but works well and maximizes the liberty time for the crew.

Location Hong Kong
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